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Livingston FREE Jazz Jam Howden Park Centre, Howden, 01506 777666. 7.30–9.30pm. Come along for a chance to improvise in a friendly and relaxed setting, under the helpful supervision of professional jazz musician Andy Mears and his experienced rhythm section. Players of all standards are welcome to come along and join in, or just listen.
Tuesday 20 Glasgow ■ James Lindsay Tchai Ovna, 42 Otago Lane, 357 4524. 8pm. £2. Monthly jazz session with bassist Lindsay. FREE The Bottleneckers Blackfriars, 36 Bell Street, 552 5924. Fifties-style rhythm’n’blues band play a residency.
Edinburgh ■ The Six O’Clock Blues & Swing Train The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. Donation. Live acoustic blues from John Hurt and friends (chess sets available). FREE Loose Grip 99 Hanover Street, 99 Hanover Street, 225 8200. 8pm. New jazz compositions as Loose Grip (aka saxophonist John Burgess, guiatrist Malcolm MacFarlane, bassist Sean Pentland and drummer Chris Wallace) launch their new album. ■ Tuesday Heartbreak Live Funkout The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £2 (£1). Guitarist Aki Remally leads this funk band.
Wednesday 21 Edinburgh FREE Edinburgh University Jazz Orchestra The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 5pm. Open rehearsal. ■ Euan Burton Quartet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £5 (£4). Uplifting Scottish jazz from bassist/composer Burton. ■ Soul Society The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £2 (£1). Funk and blues from Mike Kearney’s four-piece.
Thursday 22 Edinburgh ■ Napier Music Course Guitar Quartet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £4 (£3). Guitar music with influences from rock, jazz and pop. ■ The Freaky Family The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £2 (£1). See Thu 15.
Friday 23
Glasgow FREE Dias Brazil Boteco do Brazil, 62 Trongate, 548 1330. 7.30pm. See Fri 16. ■ Clare Teal City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 8pm. £13. See Sat 17. Edinburgh ■ Freddie King with Bobby Wishart Quartet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £4 (£3). Seasoned saxophonist and pianist Wishart leads his young quartet, joined by vocalist Freddie King. ■ Skunk Funk The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm–3am. £5 (£3). See Fri 16.
Greenock ■ The Capitol Big Band Arts Guild Theatre, Campbell Street, 01475 723038. 7.30pm. £8. A night of live and loud swing for fans of Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman and the like. Leven ■ John Jorgenson Gypsy Jazz Quintet Inn at Lathones, Lathones, Largoward, 01334 840494. 9pm. £24. Django Reinhardt-style gypsy jazz from guitar virtuoso Jorgenson and his band.
Jazz Music
Candi Staton For Chris 'Beans' Geddes (he of Belle & Sebastian fame), one of his favourite ever moments from the days of Triptych was when Candi Staton was playing the Renfrew Ferry,
and she handed her mic in to the crowd so they could sing back 'Young Hearts Run Free'. Fingers crossed the Southern soul diva is up for another crowd singalong. ■ With Lorna Brookes, The HMV Picture House, Edinburgh, Fri 23 Apr; with Das Contras, The Ferry, Glasgow, Sat 24 Apr.
Saturday 24
Glasgow ■ George Penman Jazzmen King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 467 5200. 2–5pm. £1. See Sat 17. FREE Dias Brazil Brel, 39–43 Ashton Lane, 342 4966. 3pm. See Fri 16. Edinburgh FREE The Mellotones The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 3pm. See Sat 17. ■ World Premiere Quintet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £4 (£3). See Sat 17. ■ Fish Fry The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm–3am. £5 (£3). See Sat 17.
Balloch FREE The Five Aces The Tullie Inn, Balloch Road, 01389 752052. 9pm. Garage and rhythm’n’blues outfit.
Dunfermline ■ Fife Brass Band Festival Carnegie Hall, East Port, 01383 602302. 9.30am–6pm. £5 (£4). Brass band competition. Lanark ■ Thistle Brass St Mary’s Church, Bannatyne Street, 01555 661119 . 8pm. £9 (£7; children and students 1). Brass quintet delivering a lively mix of classics and jazz.
Leven ■ John Jorgenson Gypsy Jazz Quintet Inn at Lathones, Lathones, Largoward, 01334 840494. 9pm. £24. See Fri 23.
Sunday 25 Glasgow ■ Swing Sunday with Swing Sensation Highlight, UGC Building, 11 Renfrew Street, 0844 844 0044. 7.30pm. £8. Big band sounds from Glasgow playing classics by the likes of Ellington, Goodman and The Rat Pack. ■ Ken Mathieson’s Classic Jazz
Orchestra & Alan Barnes: The Benny Carter Project City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 8pm. £14. Imaginative project from Ken Mathieson’s eight-piece group focussing on music associated with saxophonist Benny Carter. Edinburgh FREE Ryan’s Jazz Jam Ryan’s Cellar Bar, 2–4 Hope Street, 226 6669. 5pm. See Sun 18. FREE Metropolitain Jazz Sundays Metropolitain Hotel, 4–6 Picardy Place, 556 6629. 7pm. See Sun 18. ■ The Beau Nasties The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £2 (£1). See Sun 18. ■ Son de Oriente The Bongo Club, Moray House, 37 Holyrood Road, 558 7604. 7pm. £13. Latin jazz, son and salsa direct from Cuba.
Livingston ■ Jazz on a Sunday Afternoon Howden Park Centre, Howden, 01506 777666. 2pm. £8 (£6). New jazz singer Flo Quaye-Sowah gives a performance alongside guitarist Marcus Ford of familiar classics from Aretha Franklin, Ella Fitzgerald and Amy Winehouse.
Monday 26 Edinburgh ■ The Jazz Bar Big Band The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 7.30pm. £4 (£3). See Mon 19. ■ Great Jazz Jam Session The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 9pm. £2 (£1). See Mon 19.
Tuesday 27
Glasgow FREE The Bottleneckers Blackfriars, 36 Bell Street, 552 5924. See Tue 20. Edinburgh ■ The Six O’Clock Blues & Swing Train The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. Donation. See Tue 20. ■ Tuesday Heartbreak Live Funkout The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers
Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £2 (£1). See Tue 20.
Wednesday 28
Glasgow ■ Rush Hour Jazz City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 5.30pm. £4. Strathclyde University BA Applied Music Jazz Majors present an occasional series of rush hour performances. ■ Live Jazz Tchai Ovna, 42 Otago Lane, 357 4524. 8pm. £2. A mixture of standards and originals played on guitar, drums and saxophone. Edinburgh FREE Edinburgh University Jazz Orchestra The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 5pm. See Wed 21. ■ Renza Bo Quintet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £6 (£5). Modern jazz, swing, groove and improv from this five-piece from Normandy. ■ Soul Society The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £2 (£1). See Wed 21.
Thursday 29
Glasgow ■ Christine Bovill St Andrew’s in the Square, St Andrew’s Square, 0870 013 4060. 8pm. £8 (£6). A unique Scottish singer-songwriter and winner of the Glasgow Songwriting Competition 2007. Edinburgh ■ John Fairhurst The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. 8pm. £5. Stomping old school blues and roots. ■ Raphael Imbert Trio The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £6 (£5). Marseille-based saxophonist makes his Scottish debut with American basisst Joe Martin and drummer Gerald Cleaver, both featured on his recent NY Project recording (see review, page 66). ■ The Freaky Family The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £2 (£1). See Thu 15.
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